Don’t do the wave. It’s too loud.

Wow, I just have to shake my head at this argument for keeping the status quo. Good luck.

For the past 3 years sports writer have been pushing to have Buffalo dumping McDermott. Basically saying they have a good enough offense, but their defense can't make that stop to win the big games. He also used offensive coordinator as scapegoat.
Well here we are in Green Bay with an offensive coordinator acting as a head coach. Give ML credit in that he doesn't blame coordinators or players for playoff losses, but it's usually the offense that losses the big playoff games.
I say this, it's a huge gamble by Policy to extend ML if ML doesn't believes a major change is needed in game preparations.
JMHO

How about not fielding a defense that was good enough to compliment Aaron Rodgers' MVP seasons? How about never fielding a competitive special teams unit during his tenure? How about hiring and holding onto loser Joe Barry? How about holding onto Adam Stenavich and other coaches who are on nobody's radar?

You beat writers think this is all about losing the playoff game? How about all the meltdowns his team had this past season? The Browns, Cowboys, Broncos and the Bears twice? How about all those three and outs when he should've been putting a dagger into the opponents chances of staying in the game? What do you make of all those times LaFleur walked back to the bench trying to figure out what the opponents defense was doing to him while his defense was getting walked over in the second half?

There are problems with this coach that people are ignoring. And where in the hell do you get the idea that it's only a minority of fans frustrated with this coach?

If the Packers are betting on LaF, he could cultivate some good will (which he needs) with those of us who thought he should be gone with a long, hard look at the guys working under him and taking some action. Bisaccia needs to go. Underperforming position groups and their coaches need to be addressed. It's time for a re-tool, because just running it back doesn't seem wise. There's going to be a re-tool in the player depth chart: several guys who played a lot of snaps the last couple years are going away--either by necessity or by choice--take the bull by the horns and move forward on all fronts, LaF.

Dear Matty,
What have you got on Policy? We never had a chance.
Keep up the mediocre work.
Sincerely,
Sean McDermott
John Harbaugh

The homer fanboy media is really serving up the green and gold kool-aid these days. If keeping LaFlower is such a good idea, why the need for the constant defense?

It is apparent that the Packers have become a monoculture – producing just the one type of executive –a Murphy, a Thompson, a McCarthy, a Gutekunst, a LaFleur and now a Policy. I posit that whatever success the Packers have enjoyed during these last 3 decades – has been chiefly due to the general excellence of their QBs - who have long masked the chronic deficiencies of the Packers brain trust. An imbalance that has more benefited the Packers management than Packers players and fans.

With Policy extending the contracts of LaFleur (and Gutekunst) – he has now mindlessly followed in the footsteps of his predecessor Mark Murphy. Thus bold leadership has, once again, been rejected for status quo management. That being so - it is highly unlikely that LaFleur will ever get over the 'hump'. So not buying any LaFleur stock.

Won't matter who coaches or manages the team if they don't get some good playing bodies to be in the trenches and good coaches to pick the best and get them to play up to their potential.

You can have all kinds of artwork and flowers in your yard, but it won't look good if you don't mow your lawn.

I thought it was time to be done with LaFleur, based on how the season ended, but obviously Policy had decided to keep him long before the season ended. I can see how it had to be an all-or-nothing decision (either fire him or give him a big multi-year extension with total control of staff decisions), but boy, it sure is an awkward time for this.

A big point in LaFleur's favor was that he did not lose the locker room. The players, including Micah Parsons, have praised him more than they needed to. They really meant it. The cynic in me says that maybe they like him so much because he's nice to them even when they mess up. I hope they really want to win, because it sure didn't look like it down the stretch this season.

The Micah Parsons signing also plays into this. They are committed to trying to win a championship with him in the next couple years. Bringing in a new coach would've disrupted that plan. I still think they should've done it, but we'll see what happens.

Hope LeFluer, Gutt and all the packers watched that game last night. IMO the Bears D has arrived and they still have a draft coming up to shore up a few holes.
I thought the D was a little lacking this year even though they led the league in take aways. After last night I can see them getting a pass rusher and some O line help and becoming one very very solid football team for years to come.
Next year pack and bears game will not be close. The talent gap will be way too much.

I was driving around Green Bay and had a flat tire. I pulled into a gas station and the attendant walks out and looks at the tire and looks at me, and swear to God, says to me "Your tire go flat"? I said "No, I was just driving around and those other three (Policy, Gute, LaFleur) just swelled up on me. Here's your sign.

-The great Bill Engvall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ZkdHImCuQ

LaFleur is exhausting. But it is done, let it be written. My dissatisfaction with Policy's expensive, timid and milquetoast decision doesn't matter now.

Mark on LaFleur: "While he is not perfect, and there are things that must improve for the Packers to hoist a Lombardi Trophy in the years to come." I'd like to know what you believe those "things" are and what will LaFleur's manager will do see improvements happen?

With the status quo firmly entrenched now...I expect even less "supervision" of LaFleur by Policy than even Murphy who at least had some NFL game chops.

Hafley's replacement will likely be LaFleur's total call. Expect an internal status quo hire like Covington or Ainsley. Maybe he will go after his buddy Raheem Morris and that would be a crony hire I'd like...unlike Barry. Or Leonard who the HC respects...maybe entice Flores, who LaFleur has gone to war against several times and knows him well.

LaFleur and Flores...the Flower and the Flower.

I think we are now in the phase where these writers have to do these "saving articles" to try and bring the fans to believe again. You guys are all trash and brainless. Just like the previous article "Pressure makes diamond" bullshit! Its not fun anymore... It's been 7 years now. Will most likely be 9-10 years by the time we finally see it for what it is just like how the Bills. It would be more interesting if we start playing a game of "what would be the cause of failure next season"

#MakePackersGreatAgain
#MakeGreenbayTitleTownAgain

Buffalo fired their coach for an underwhelming 8-8 playoff record, but 3-6 in G.B gets you an extension and a huge raise.

So ignoring 7 years is better than learning from them? It’s better logic to assume wholesale reinvention than a largely equivalent continuation? More contrary evidence is better than none?

What planet are you on? There no statistical or experiential basis for any of this, in fact it’s an argument that requires suspension of basic logic. You don’t actually provide an iota of support for your premise beyond empty statements lacking any specifics. How do you publish this with a straight face?

Come on Al, 2 “Ed Wood” level pieces in a couple of days?

It seems like Policy has the same attitude as the Steeler's owner. Just as long as the coach keeps the team above water and gets to the playoffs (and doesn't matter if the team wins), we will keep the coach. The stands are filled. Most everyone seems happy. But in our case, the coach makes collassol failures in key games. Oh well, most everyone is happy. GPG!

Are you kidding? "Commitment to Complacency" should be the new Packers slogan. Most playoff teams except the newbies like Jacksonville and Carolina made significant changes after losing.

Cheesehead TV is leaking credibility by the day with these ongoing propaganda articles. Have respect for the fans and at least show some balance or a semblance of honesty.

Action is the remedy for all things.

Inaction (Hope) is the food of failure,

Hope never saved anything, nor stop anything bad from happening. Doing does what Hope can never achieve. You can convince yourself that Hope made something happen, but you'd still be the fool that is lost and losing.

Doing action is not a guarantee of success, but it surely is 100% more apt to get something to happen than all the Hope one can ever muster.

So, according to the wise writers here at CHTV, or the flip-flop fence sitters, grab another strong grasping hand of Hope, and...you know, it's in the directions, rinse and repeat...Hopefully.

"it is trusting that a coach who has established himself as one of the best in the league will eventually make that final elusive step and bring a title back to Titletown".

What are you talking about, Mark?
In a year when the Lions made every effort to dethrone the Vikings as "Chokers of the NFC North", LaFleur saw that, recognized it, and went out of his way to reach out, snatch it, and bring that 'Title" to Green Bay!
Hell, he even managed to find a way to make it look easy and 'non-elusive", it's something he's one of the best in the league at, established, and can be trusted to do!

Henry Ford fired the inventor of the carburetor because the guy had nothing new to contribute to the company. He was rewarded for his past performance, and fired due to an apparent lack of potential and future success. If MLF is "promoted" due to his past performance, then I have a good idea what "success" looks like to Packers: above average record, make the playoffs, prime time tv appearances, sell more merch. And that's fine, but then change it from "Titletown" to "Timidtown."

Remindz me of a movie quote:

"Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here".

>>>^..^<<<

MLF is lucky he’s not coaching the Buffalo Bills . They have higher standards

So the apprenticeship of MLF continues in GB. I'm not surprised at the signing, I am surprised that Policy did not take the chance to exert some influence and suggest/demand changes the staff. Jim Harbaugh just fired his OC and line coach for the Chargers. Injuries to their tackles were not used as a reason to retain them. The Vikings just fired their offensive line coach. Again, injuries didn't excuse poor/inconsistent performance. And Reid is turning over some of his poorer performing staff. Stenovich, Butkus and Bisaccia need to go. MLF need to find that ruthless part of his persona if he wants to improve as a HC.

I'm shocked that a writer from Cheesehead TV would be pro-LaFleur. Shocked, I tell you, shocked.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/angry-bears-fans-react-to-rams-loss...

This is hilarious. Apparently "fans" don't know how to react when their team makes the playoffs once every 15 years or so.

Policy led everyone on by saying he would not immediately renew MLF & Gute's contracts. It was a normal fan reaction to read that statement as not being fully on board with them. He witnessed last year's poor showing and of course 'he is the son of Carmen Policy"-so....we all started thinking he would diligently research the best GM's/HC's and make the right move-lol

However, after listening to his interviews he was clearly very timid and overly beholden to Murphy. I knew he was another weak protege and there was zero chance he would right the ship. None of these under-performers want an outside capable GM /HC around them--too many appropriate questions would expose them.

Policy/Murphy were never going to make necessary moves.

I'm a Conn. Packer fan for 65 years and so so irritated at this point.

After experiencing the last several weeks of Packer football and the the most embarassing loss in 20 plus years to the bears, one would think that the writing was on the wall to clean house of the lack luster coaching that we've had to endure for the last five or so years.

It's obviuous that the upper management is not listening to the majority fan base.
MLF and his well appointed squad of failed coaches should all be let go including Gute.

They placed all the money into promoting a QB who is just an average and I mean average QB who really has failed at being an on the field leader.
He falls way short of of being an elite player.
If you want to see how an elite team plays and wins, look at the way the Sehawks and the Patriots have respnded this year, and yes look at the Bears too.
I've said it before, MLF has had his chance and despite his record, has failed to prove in the playoffs that GB is an Eilte team.

Its unfortunate that extensions were given before time allowed the policy makers to really review the last few years.
The sad thing is that the Packer fans/ Owners were not even considered or listened too.

Unless MLF and Gute make some severely needed changes that are positive, we are in for another replay of this year in 2026.

Remember, as the saying goes, " the fish stinks from the head"

I suggest you save this article to make it easier to slightly change in the next couple of years before submitting it again, shades of reading "This Is The Year Datone Jones Becomes A Star" which we read 3 off seasons in a row.

I posted this a few days ago, my intent to buy the Packers, before the ridiculous decision to re-sign LaFleur. I'm now even more certain of my intent. Green Bay management increasingly resembles a cadre of government employees: they make consequential decisions with other people’s money. An owner, by contrast, has real skin in the game. With two Hall of Fame quarterbacks, we managed only two Super Bowls in 30 years. Now, 7 years of Le Fleur brain farts are rewarded. That record indicts management, not the players. So, I’m renewing my effort to buy the team.

I realize — and fully respect — that the Green Bay Packers are a publicly held corporation and therefore cannot be “sold.”

That said, I’ve decided to proceed anyway.

I am quietly putting together an ownership group to acquire the Packers — while keeping them publicly held, as God, Curly Lambeau, and every share certificate framed in a Wisconsin rec room intended. Think of it as a hostile takeover wrapped in Midwestern civility.

To that end, I’m putting out feelers to potential partners for my acquisition. The criteria are simple and non-negotiable:

• You must have been born in Wisconsin.
• You must have been a Packer fan for at least ten years.
• You must be worth at least $500 million.

I will be transparent: I personally do not meet that last requirement. But this is my idea, and I am the entrepreneurial visionary organizing this transaction, so I am granting myself an exemption. Vision counts.

I suspect the team will cost north of a billion dollars, but rest assured: we will continue to allow Wisconsin grocers, teachers, bartenders, dairy farmers, snowplow drivers, Culver’s employees, and anyone who has ever tailgated in a blizzard at Lambeau to buy shares — so we will still be considered “publicly held,” just… under new management.

In fact, we will lean into tradition: annual share meetings in Green Bay, brats on the grill, a mandatory Friday night fish fry before every major vote, and a standing acknowledgement that Wisconsin road construction season is, as always, eternal.

If you meet the above qualifications — and, more importantly, have the money — please contact me at ImBuyingThePackers.org.

Please don’t forget to send your most recent bank statement. For verification purposes only, of course. Bonus points if it was printed at a bank in Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, or anywhere along Highway 41.

P.S. Ability to correctly pronounce “Oconomowoc,” “Ashwaubenon,” “Sheboygan,” “Wauwatosa,” and “Kohler” will be viewed favorably — as will proof that you’ve once scraped ice off your car after a night game at Lambeau, or proudly posed with a freshly caught Lake Winnebago walleye.

another servant sent here from the organization to tell us they are great.

Remember when TT left and Murphy decided the new GM?
he choosed gutekunst over Eliot Wolf.
Wolf Is the patriots GM and he is taking the pats to SB again.
gutekunst? the King of dead money! tons of dead money zero SB.

this Is a rotten franchise from the top and cheesehead TV Is part of the rotteness.

In brief, keep doing the same thing with the same HC and expect something different to happen. There is a name for this sort of behavior.
Sean McDermott just got fired by the Bills. He was with the team for nine years, had a 98-50 regular season record (.662) and was 8-8 in the playoffs. In seven years. LaFleur has a regular season record of 76-40-1 (.654) and is 3-6 in the playoffs. He did manage to have success with Rodgers as his QB, with two NFC championship games his first two years. McDermott also led the Bills to two championship games, but lost twice to KC.
Some teams look at the results and say, "good isn't good enough." Others hope that "staying the course" will somehow get better.

First of all I have to say that it's not a vocal minority that wanted LaFluer gone. If anything it was and is a vocal majority of packer fans.

I understand the idea of "who's available that could do better?"

I think there's blame to go around for this seasons failures and LaFleur gets his share for sure.

On offense, Steno has to take a share or 2 of the blame, being the OC. OL play has dropped dramatically since he was promoted and butkus took over. If Steno isn't willing to go back to OL coach, it's time to move on, along with the current OL coach.

ST has been something of a joke since Howard got the SB MVP in 96, but that needs an overhaul too.

The lack of good corners I will definitely put on Gutey, going back to the last few drafts of basically ignoring the position.

It only makes sense if you're another team in the NFC North division.

"Trusting LaFleur to eventually get over the hump......."

You bet, i'm looking for that head coaching, 8th year, 10th year leap.